The East End is nigh

The Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and Yasmin Khan (Mandip Gill) return for another brand-new audio adventure in March, and this time the TARDIS is taking them back a century, to 1926, London’s East End. 

With England reeling from the recent war and waves of illness, many Londoners are turning to seances to seek connection with their deceased loved ones. But when the medium Esther Shine dies in mysterious circumstances, the time travellers rush to investigate – and uncover a surprising alien threat. 

The Violet Hour, written by Rafaella Marcus, is the fifth instalment in The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures, a series of twelve brand-new full-cast audio dramas set between series 12 and 13 of TV Doctor Who. 

Doctor Who – The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: The Violet Hour is now available to pre-order for just £9.99 (as a digital download to own) or £13.99 (download to own + collector’s edition CD), exclusively here. Please note: the collector’s edition CD is strictly limited to 1,500 copies and will not be re-pressed. 

The Doctor and Yaz arrive in the East End of London, 1926. There’s grief in the air: not only the years of war and sickness, but a more recent death.  

A strange message prompts them to investigate the murder of a medium. A young woman whose seances hide deeper secrets – and an unearthly power that threatens the entire city. 

The guest cast of The Violet Hour includes Olivia Marcus (Extraordinary, Everyone Else Burns) as the grieving sister Miriam and David Robb (Downton Abbey, I, Claudius) as the ruthless Colonel Maltravers, as well as Liv Andrusier, Joseph Arkley, and Anna Crichlow. 

Writer Rafaella Marcus said: “It’s been a thrill to take the Thirteenth Doctor and Yaz to the world of music hall and seances, and bring them face to face with all the strange and murky things that occupy the underbelly of 1920s London. 

“Speaking to the dead is a dangerous and – quite literally – haunting business, and even more so in this era. I’ve loved writing Yaz and the Doctor’s challenging, loyal, heartfelt dynamic as they investigate both a series of murders and their own losses – I hope listeners enjoy it as much as I did.” 

The Violet Hour is the fifth of twelve full-cast audio drama adventures for the Thirteenth Doctor and Yaz, released bimonthly. Big Finish listeners can save money by pre-ordering all twelve releases in a multibuy bundle for just £102 (digital download to own) exclusively from the Big Finish website. Additional three-release multibuy bundles are available from just £27 (download to own) and £33 (download to own + collector’s edition CD), exclusively here. 

All the above prices (including pre-order and multibuy bundle discounts) are fixed for a limited time only and guaranteed no later than 31 May 2026. 

Please note that Big Finish is currently operating a digital-first release schedule. The mail-out of collector’s edition CDs may be delayed due to factors beyond our control, but all purchases of this release unlock a digital copy that can be immediately downloaded or played on the Big Finish app from the release date.